preg_replace

[phantomcougar]

I have user entered code.... and I want to replace [u] and [\u] with <u> and <\u> , respectively.

I set up an array of search strings and replacy strings.

$SEARCH_ARR = array("'[b]'","'[/b]'","'[i]'","'[/i]'","'[u]'","'[/u]'","'[p]'","'[/p]'");
$REPLACE_ARR = array("<b>","</b>","<i>","</i>","<u>","</u>","<p>","</p>");

then when i wanted to output code, i used the following:

echo preg_replace($SEARCH_ARR, $REPLACE_ARR, "[u]Hi[/u]");

When i ran the page, all i got was:

[<<

u>>]H<<<

u>i>>[<<<

u>i>b><<

u>>]

I was hoping to get: Hi (just like phpbuilder has it set up)

Anyone know what I did wrong? Or a better approach than preg_replace? Thanks much!

[HalfaBee]

You need to escape the [
eg "'[b]'"
otherwise it thinks its a group of chars.

HalfaBee

[phantomcougar]

Thanks, that worked perfect.